title: Evaluation of a metofluthrin fan vaporizer device against phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a cutaneous leishmaniasis focus in the Judean Desert, Israel.
abstract: The OFF! Clip-On fan vaporizer device releasing metofluthrin was evaluated against phletobomine sand flies in the Judean Desert, Israel, in October, 2009. A total of 76,400 sand flies was collected, with male flies representing 98.3%Phlebotomus sergenti and 1.7%P. papatasi. Females comprised 43.0% of the total catch and included 6.7% blood-fed females. Similar proportions of flies were collected in both suction and sticky traps. In trials with unbaited suction traps, similar numbers of sand flies were collected in traps with a metofluthrin device, blank device, or no device (i.e., suction only). In suction traps baited with CO(2) , higher numbers of P. sergenti males and blood-fed females were collected in traps with a blank device compared to traps with a metofluthrin device. In sticky traps baited with CO(2) , there were no significant differences between catches in traps with a metofluthrin device, blank device, or no device. The results suggest metofluthrin from the device is not repellent against sand flies in a field environment despite showing insecticidal activity against flies collected in suction traps.
authors.affiliation: Division of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zollner
authors.forename: Laor
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Orshan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005464:Fluorobenzenes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D003521:Cyclopropanes; D005464:Fluorobenzenes; D007306:Insecticides; C492600:(2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-methoxymethylphenyl)methyl-2,2-dimethyl-3-(1-propenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate